# 1987 IMSA GT Championship > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1987_IMSA_GT_Championship > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1987_IMSA_GT_Championship.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_IMSA_GT_Championship > Source revision: 1347448103 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 17th season of the racing series organized by IMSA 1987 [IMSA GT Championship](/source/IMSA_GT_Championship) Previous [1986](/source/1986_IMSA_GT_Championship) Next [1988](/source/1988_IMSA_GT_Championship) The **1987 [Camel](/source/Camel_(cigarette)) GT Championship season** was the 17th season of the [IMSA GT Championship](/source/IMSA_GT_Championship) [auto racing](/source/Auto_racing) series. It was for GTP and Lights classes of prototypes, as well as [Grand Tourer](/source/Grand_Tourer)-style racing cars which ran in the GTO and GTU classes. It began January 31, 1987, and ended October 25, 1987, after 21 rounds. ## Schedule The GT and Prototype classes did not participate in all events, nor did they race together at shorter events. Races marked as *GT* featured both GTO and GTU classes combined. Races marked with *All* had all classes on track at the same time. Rnd Race Length Class Circuit Date 1 SunBank 24 at Daytona 24 Hours All Daytona International Speedway January 31 February 1 2 Grand Prix of Miami 3 Hours Proto Streets of Miami March 1 45 Minutes GT 3 12 Hours of Sebring 12 Hours All Sebring International Raceway March 21 4 Atlanta Journal-Constitution Grand Prix 500 km Proto Road Atlanta April 12 5 Los Angeles Times Grand Prix 300 km GT Riverside International Raceway April 26 500 km Proto 6 Nissan Monterey Triple Crown 300 km GT Laguna Seca Raceway May 2 300 km Proto May 3 7 Arizona 300 300 km GT Firebird International Raceway May 17 8 Lime Rock Grand Prix 150 Laps Proto Lime Rock Park May 24 9 Champion Spark Plug Grand Prix 250 km GT Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course June 7 500 km Proto 10 Grand Prix of Palm Beach 2 Hours GTO West Palm Beach Street Circuit June 20 45 Minutes GTU June 21 3 Hours Proto 11 Kuppenheimer GT Challenge 300 km GT Road Atlanta June 28 12 Camel Continental 500 km Proto Watkins Glen International July 5 13 Mid-Atlantic Toyota Grand Prix 300 km GT Summit Point Raceway July 12 14 G.I. Joe's Grand Prix 300 km Proto Portland International Raceway July 26 300 km GT July 27 15 Ford California Grand Prix 300 km GT Sears Point Raceway August 1 300 km Proto August 2 16 Löwenbräu Classic 500 miles All Road America August 16 17 Nissan Grand Prix of San Antonio 3 Hours Proto San Antonio Street Circuit September 6 18 150 Lap Lime Rock 150 Laps GT Lime Rock Park September 7 19 Kodak Copier 500 500 km GT Watkins Glen International September 27 20 Columbus Ford Dealers 500 300 km Proto Columbus Street Circuit October 4 45 Minutes GT 21 Camel Grand Prix of Southern California 1 Hour GTO Del Mar Fairgrounds October 24 2 Hours Proto October 25 45 Minutes GTU ## Season results Rnd Circuit GTP Winning Team Lights Winning Team GTO Winning Team GTU Winning Team Results GTP Winning Drivers Lights Winning Drivers GTO Winning Drivers GTU Winning Drivers 1 Daytona #14 Holbert Racing #01 AT&T Spice #11 Roush Racing #71 Team Highball Results Al Holbert Chip Robinson Al Unser Jr. Derek Bell Bob Earl Jeff Kline Don Bell Bill Elliott Scott Pruett Lyn St. James Tom Gloy Bob Lazier Amos Johnson Dennis Shaw 2 Miami #83 Electramotive Eng. #42 White-Allen #4 Dingman Bros. #12 Aspen Inn Results Elliot Forbes-Robinson Geoff Brabham Chip Mead Charles Monk Bob Earl John Finger 3 Sebring #86 Bayside Disposal #42 White-Allen #28 Protofab Racing #17 Al Bacon Racing Results Jochen Mass Bobby Rahal John Higgins Howard Cherry Charles Monk Greg Pickett Tommy Riggins Al Bacon Bob Reed 4 Road Atlanta #16 Dyson Racing #01 Collins & Aikman Did Not Participate Did Not Participate Results Price Cobb James Weaver Don Bell Jeff Kline 5 Riverside #44 Group 44 #01 Collins & Aikman #98 All American Racers Dennis Aase #71 Team Highball Results Hurley Haywood John Morton Don Bell Jeff Kline Chris Cord Amos Johnson 6 Laguna Seca #85 Bayside Disposal #01 Collins & Aikman #98 All American Racers Dennis Aase #75 Clayton Cunningham Results Klaus Ludwig Don Bell Chris Cord Tommy Kendall 7 Firebird Did Not Participate Did Not Participate #76 Peerless-Hendrick #75 Clayton Cunningham Results Jack Baldwin Tommy Kendall 8 Lime Rock #1 Holbert Racing #70 Z&W Motorsports Did Not Participate Did Not Participate Results Al Holbert David Loring 9 Mid-Ohio #86 Bayside Disposal #01 Collins & Aikman #99 All American Racers #55 Huffaker Racing Results Jochen Mass Bobby Rahal Don Bell Jeff Kline Willy T. Ribbs Terry Visger 10 Palm Beach #44 Group 44 #42 White-Allen #22 Roush Racing #55 Huffaker Racing Results Hurley Haywood John Morton Chip Mead Howard Cherry Tom Gloy Terry Visger 11 Road Atlanta Did Not Participate Did Not Participate #99 All American Racers #55 Huffaker Racing Results Willy T. Ribbs Terry Visger 12 Watkins Glen #16 Dyson Racing #09 Ball Bros. Did Not Participate Did Not Participate Results Price Cobb Vern Schuppan Steve Durst Mike Brockman 13 Summit Point Did Not Participate Did Not Participate #99 All American Racers #71 Team Highball Results Willy T. Ribbs Amos Johnson 14 Portland #14 Holbert Racing #63 Certified Brakes #98 All American Racers Dennis Aase #55 Huffaker Racing Results Chip Robinson Jim Downing Chris Cord Terry Visger 15 Sears Point #86 Bayside Disposal #43 White-Allen #76 Peerless-Hendrick #55 Huffaker Racing Results Jochen Mass Chip Mead Jack Baldwin Terry Visger 16 Road America #16 Dyson Racing #6 Spice Engineering #28 Mobil 1 Mid-America #75 Clayton Cunningham Results Price Cobb Johnny Dumfries Jim Rothbarth Charles Morgan Paul Dallenbach Chris Kneifel Tommy Kendall 17 San Antonio #14 Holbert Racing[1] #01 Spice Engineering Did Not Participate Did Not Participate Results Al Holbert Chip Robinson Derek Bell Don Bell Jeff Kline 18 Lime Rock Did Not Participate Did Not Participate #4 Dingman Bros. #75 Clayton Cunningham Results Bob Earl Tommy Kendall 19 Watkins Glen Did Not Participate Did Not Participate #99 All American Racers #71 Team Highball Results Willy T. Ribbs Amos Johnson 20 Columbus #86 Bayside Disposal #6 Spice Engineering #76 Peerless-Hendrick #75 Clayton Cunningham Results Bobby Rahal Charles Morgan Jack Baldwin Tommy Kendall 21 Del Mar #85 Bayside Disposal #6 Spice Engineering #98 All American Racers Dennis Aase #55 Huffaker Racing Results Jochen Mass Jim Rothbarth Charles Morgan Chris Cord Terry Visger ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Grand Prix of San Antonio"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-light-grand-prix-of-san-anto/194320542/). *[San Antonio Light](/source/San_Antonio_Light)*. September 7, 1987. p. C11 – via Newspapers.com. ## External links - [World Sports Racing Prototypes](https://web.archive.org/web/20090408195145/http://wsrp.ic.cz/imsa1987.html) - 1987 IMSA GT Championship results v t e International Motor Sports Association seasons IMSA Camel GT / Exxon Championship 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 American Le Mans Series 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 IMSA SportsCar Championship 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 SCCA US Road Racing Championship 1998 1999 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1987 IMSA GT Championship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_IMSA_GT_Championship) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_IMSA_GT_Championship?action=history)). 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